CGDI Place Name Lookup Service

The CGDI Place Name Lookup Service finds all places in Canada that match by place name.

This service returns a repeatable set of the feature description, encoded in GML 2.1.2, with
latitude-longitude coordinates. The output may provide several features if the search criteria
match several geographic places. In addition, the geometry that is returned can vary from
simple to complex, depending on the input request.

To implement the CGDI Place Name Lookup Service in your own application, you will need to
consider the following elements:

1. The output format of an XML/GML may contain one or more features. There may be
   several features provided in the output if the search criteria match several geographic places.
   
   
2. The output encoding is OGC GML 2.1.2.
   
   
3. To view a sample interface click CGDI Place Name Lookup Service sample interface.
   
   
4. To learn more about its capabilities, click CGDI Place Name Lookup Service capabilities.
   
   
5. The base URL is http://cgdi-dev.geoconnections.org/cgi-bin/prototypes/cgdigaz/cgdigaz.cgi?
   
   
6. For an example of a CGDI Place Name Lookup service, click CGDI Place Name Lookup example.
   
   
7. To download a table of parameter specifications for the CGDI Place Name Lookup Service,
   click CGDI Place Name Lookup Parameters.
   
   
8. For further documentation, click More CGDI Place Name Lookup information and see:
   
   http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/gdp/search?action=entrySummary&entryType=webService
   &entryId=1825&entryLang=en